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Some folks have speculated that it has something to do with the Spektre, but it's hard to say how it specifically worked. It could be Thomas Wayne resurrected to seek vengeance for the death of his son, but we just don't have enough info to say. The apparent resurrection ability is a bit like the modern version of the Crimson Avenger (who was similar to the Spektre in terms of motivation), but that does not account for his strength.

It would be interesting to tie him into Flashpoint Thomas Wayne, since the Earth 2 character is obviously based on that one. That might explain the "Bruce...?" line, since Bruce was never Batman in that universe. I don't see how to make it work aside from saying that he's just detritus from the former universe and somehow gained superpowers from being cast into the timestream (hey, it worked for the Samaritan!).

Here's a theory floating around at another site. Back in Earth 2 #0, it was revealed that there were originally 8 Wonders:1) Superman2) Wonder Woman3) Batman4) Supergirl5) Robin6) Catwoman7) the intentionally unnamed and unseen hero8 ) Terry Sloan/Mister 8

What if the new Batman was previously the mysterious 7th Wonder ? It might explain how he debuted fully trained and armed, plus all his inside knowledge of the fallen Wonders and of who specifically was in the stasis chambers.That also brings up if Wonder #7 was Thomas Wayne, assuming that Taylor hasn't decided to change that entire thing after Robinson confirmed the spoiler.